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Questions for Discussion: Global Weather Machine

Give an example of how the heat of the Sun drives weather.
In this media-enhanced essay, what is meant by the statement: "The unrelenting march of this energy-on-the-move, from high concentration to low concentration, is the piston in the engine that propels weather."?
Explain how a large mass of warm water, such as the one that develops in the Pacific, can have such a dramatic effect on the weather of nearby land masses.
El Niño disrupts the normal weather pattern of continents surrounding the Pacific Ocean. Describe the normal pattern and the El Niño pattern of those affected areas.
Design a demonstration to show convection in fluids.